Charleston (1785-1791) County was abolished in 1791.<ref name="Carolana">A History of Charleston County, South Carolina in ''Carolana'' at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/Charleston_county_sc.html (accessed 5 May 2011).</ref>

Charleston (1785-1791) County was abolished in 1791.<ref name="Carolana">A History of Charleston County, South Carolina in ''Carolana'' at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/Charleston_county_sc.html (accessed 5 May 2011).</ref>

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For documents of people who lived in this area at this time, look in [[South Carolina#Colonial_Parishes|parish]] records, or for papers filed in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].

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For documents of people who lived in this area from 1768 to 1800, look in:<ref>"South Carolina Districts and Parishes 1760" [map] in ''Carolana'' at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_royal_colony_counties_parishes_1760.html (accessed 7 May 2011).</ref><br>

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:*[[Christ Church Parish, South Carolina|Christ Church Parish]] records since 1706

This old 1785 Charleston County's boundaries were only a small fraction modern Charleston County which has existed since 1800.

Charleston (1785-1791) County was never surveyed or properly laid out. In this case the term "county" had no practical meaning other than to describe an approximate geographical area. It was a county in name only.[1]